How to pronounce Shiro

Shiro is written ሽሮ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʃɨro/. In plain English letters that is SHIH-ro, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Shiro?

Shiro is a main dish of Ethiopia. Where it comes from: Northern Ethiopia. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu. It tastes spicy and savory.

Where Shiro comes from

Shiro is one of 23 signature dishes of Ethiopia on this map. See all dishes from Amhara.

• Tej ጠጅ · Drink · Amhara

  Tej is a honey wine, similar to mead, brewed and drunk in Ethiopia and Eritrea and often called the national drink of Ethiopia; English sources on regional cooking describe it as the sweet honey wine of the Amhara.

• Tella ጠላ · Drink · Amhara

  Tella is a traditional home-brewed beer from the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

• Ambasha አምባሻ · Bread & pastry · Amhara

  Ambasha, called himbasha in Tigrinya, is a slightly sweet celebration bread shared by Ethiopia and Eritrea, made in several regional and national styles.

• Injera እንጀራ · Bread & pastry · Ethiopian Highlands

  Injera is a large, spongy, sour flatbread made from teff, a tiny grain domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands thousands of years ago.

• Doro wat ዶሮ ወጥ · Main dish · Ethiopia

  Doro wat is the chicken stew of Ethiopian feasts.

• Kitfo ክትፎ · Main dish · Gurage Zone

  Kitfo is finely minced raw beef, warmed in spiced clarified butter and seasoned with mitmita, a hot chilli spice blend.

Food of Ethiopia

Dishes like Shiro in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Shiro:

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  Undhiyu is a Gujarati mixed-vegetable dish and a regional speciality of Surat.

• Chakhchoukha شخشوخة · Main dish · The Aurès (Batna), Algeria

  Chakhchoukha is a dish of thin flatbread, rougag, torn into small pieces and soaked in a stew of lamb, chickpeas, tomato, onion and spices such as cumin and paprika.

• Samay baji समय बजी · Main dish · Bagmati, Nepal

  Samay baji is a traditional Newar set of foods arranged around baji, beaten rice: roasted meat such as choila, vegetables, black-eyed beans, roasted soybeans and slivers of ginger.